Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System

Chapter 395 - 328: The Date of the Next Immortal Tribulation!

Su Yuan curiously sized up the crystalline object beneath his feet, which resembled a small planet.

The Dragon Pearl to the Dragon Race is what the Dantian is to the Human Race.

This means it contains all of Long Bai’s cultivation before her death.

Even after ten thousand years of time’s erosion, even though its master had fallen ten thousand years ago, the power contained within the Dragon Pearl is still as vast as the ocean.

This made Su Yuan sigh in awe; Long Bai might be a bit silly, but her strength is undeniably immense.

In the next second, the light within the Dragon Pearl suddenly flared.

In front of the two humans and one dragon, a figure gradually emerged.

An oppressive aura from the Divinity Transformation Great Power descended like a tangible mountain, making the breaths of Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi hitch.

Su Yuan forced himself to suppress his innate sense of reverence and looked up. A figure over five meters tall stood before him, appearing robust.

With the Dragon Pearl’s power, that figure gradually became clearer.

A being with dual horns on its head, a thick dragon tail behind, numerous characteristics of the Dragon Race, yet possessing a human-like face, appeared before the two humans and one dragon.

Su Yuan focused on examining the features and expression of the figure.

Surprisingly, if one disregards the figure’s exaggerated physique and only looks at its face, anyone would consider this a kind elderly human.

Standing beside him felt not even the slightest bit dangerous, but rather gave an impression like a spring breeze.

Such an overwhelmingly amiable Divinity Transformation Great Power left quite a favorable initial impression on Su Yuan.

"After ten thousand years, has someone finally reached this point?"

The projection of the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, after a moment of hesitation, quickly gained expression and exclaimed with a resounding voice.

A pair of dragon eyes fell upon the two humans and one dragon.

Su Yuan, somewhat nervously, said, "Senior, we are..."

"No need for introductions; my Divine Sense has already taken in your performance during the test."

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable smiled slightly:

"Su Yuan, you performed quite well."

"Oh, thank you for the compliment."

Su Yuan feigned a delighted appearance.

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable said:

"You both must be tired after passing through three trials in a row. I won’t take up much of your time, only three questions."

"First question: Is the outside world dominated by humans or demons?"

Su Yuan wasn’t surprised by this question and immediately answered in detail:

"The Federation I belong to... You can understand it as a cultivation alliance formed by many great forces. It’s a human-dominated era, even more so than during the peak of the Ancient Human Race."

"Our Federation upholds the principle of human supremacy. Strong as the Demon Race is, they are merely tools serving the entire human society."

"Only demons who make significant contributions to the Human Race and transform into human form can join the human registry and have the same rights as ordinary people."

"However, before the Spiritual Energy Revival, the Ancient Cultivation Realm had already fragmented into various small worlds. While our Blue Star Federation is human-centric, the dominant forces in other worlds may not necessarily be humans."

"Fortunately, as I know it, the Federation has been tirelessly working to reclaim lost worlds, with considerable success."

At this point, he glanced at Long Bai, who looked slightly different, and added:

"Of course, while the societal atmosphere is human-supremacist, my faction and I are quite lenient towards the Demon Race, striving for equality between humans and demons."

The ice-haired Lolita finally smiled.

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable nodded slightly:

"Humans are the main protagonists of the universe, standing above all beings, which is only natural."

"Though I reckon the idea of human-demon equality unnecessary, I’m merely a member of the Demon Race. I shouldn’t say much."

"Second question: Where did your Demon Technique originate from, and how many have you harmed with it?"

"You’ve independently obtained six of the Ten Demon Fingers, and Spirit Root Senluo of the Demon Dao has been pushed to the Divine Spirit Root Level by you. Even during the most rampant era of the Demon Dao, you’d be considered the master of its revival."

Su Yuan broke into a cold sweat upon questioning.

Divinity Transformation is indeed worthy of its name; it could see through all his secrets at a glance.

He cautiously explained:

"Senior Long, the origin of my Demon Techniques is quite special, so I beg pardon for not speaking directly."

"As for the usage of these Demon Techniques...I can assure you, no one has died because of them. You can rest assured on that."

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable showed no expression of approval or disapproval and didn’t intend to pursue the matter further, moving directly to the final question.

"Third question: Are you two willing to take on the responsibility of saving the world?"

Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi: "..."

Wait, why did the topic suddenly become so heavy?

The first two questions were almost like casual conversation!

What do you mean by saving the world?

Clearly, we’re just first-year college students; shouldn’t you be saying this to the ten Divinity Transformations of the Blue Star Federation?

Besides, the world seems fine; who needs saving?

As Su Yuan was internally ranting, the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable went on to speak a word that shattered the silence:

"Immortal Tribulation... the Immortal Tribulation will descend once more."

As the words were spoken, the two humans and one dragon froze as if someone had used the Body Immobilization Technique on them.

At this moment, even Long Bai lost her composure!

"Paternal figure, what do you mean? Why would the Immortal Tribulation descend again? And when will it occur?"

"How much are you old fogeys of the Divinity Transformation Stage hiding?"

"Aren’t you the one who loves the Human Race the most? Why is it that when trillions of humans turn to dust in the Immortal Tribulation, you remain indifferent?"

Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi didn’t speak because Long Bai had already voiced the questions they most wanted to ask.

The Purple Gold Dragon Venerable remained silent.

Only after a long while did he slowly say:

"Long Bai, the Immortal Tribulation you experienced was neither the first nor the last."

"What you three need to understand is that the Immortal Tribulation is a targeted harvesting mechanism for cultivators and the Spiritual Energy of the heavens and earth."

"No matter how many pieces the Cultivation Realm is divided into, once the overall triggers the harvest mechanism, the Immortal Tribulation will descend."

Su Yuan eagerly asked, "What are the conditions?"

Purple Gold Dragon Venerable pondered for a moment and explained:

"According to my deduction, when five thousand Nascent Souls and one million Golden Cores simultaneously live in the Cultivation Realm, the Immortal Tribulation will descend."

"At that time, the vast majority of cultivation races will be harvested, losing more than ninety percent of their power, and the world will return to the End of the Dharma Era."

Upon hearing the giant numbers mentioned by Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, Su Yuan breathed a huge sigh of relief:

"Five thousand Nascent Souls... seems quite far away."

Just as he was about to finish his sigh, Chen Nuoyi’s voice sounded:

"Su Yuan, it’s not far anymore."

"Our Federation only has 283 registered Nascent Souls, but counting the Nascent Soul Demon Emperors cultivated by various forces, this number would directly exceed five hundred."

"Not to mention that the Federation only registers Nascent Soul True Monarchs born locally, and doesn’t inquire about the Nascent Soul Cultivators or the Demon Race that Realm Masters have recruited."

"Counting these, just within our Blue Star Federation, the actual number of Nascent Soul Cultivators may be close to eight hundred."

"But among the vast stars, there are more civilizations experiencing Spiritual Energy Revival than just us."

"If some civilizations, like our Federation, have vast territories and have received countless ancient inheritances, within less than four hundred years, their Nascent Soul Cultivators would spring up like mushrooms after rain."

"Such civilizations don’t need to be many, just three or five, and they can directly meet the requirement of five thousand Nascent Souls."

Chen Nuoyi’s analysis left Su Yuan astonished.

And the young girl wasn’t finished; after a pause, she continued:

"Then there’s the requirement of one million Golden Cores, which sounds a lot, but is it really?"

"In a secondary city like Taihua City alone, there are as many as seven permanent Golden Core Cultivators, and there are over a thousand named cities in our Federation’s homeland."

"Although most of these cities don’t develop as well as Taihua City, if distributed evenly among first-tier cities, Ten Immortals City, and the military, each city could probably have about twenty Golden Cores."

"That’s twenty thousand Golden Cores already, not to mention the many worlds conquered by Realm Masters."

"If all the Golden Cores from these worlds are gathered together, there might be twenty thousand, or perhaps more."

After listening, Su Yuan only felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Is the foundation of the Blue Star Federation really this deep? Impressive, my federation... if it were under normal circumstances, Su Yuan would definitely say that.

But unfortunately, the reality is that the stronger the Cultivation Realm’s power, the closer it is to the death line.

Spiritual Energy Revival only three hundred and eighty years, and the Immortal Tribulation is about to arrive again? Isn’t this harvesting process too fast?

But what Su Yuan didn’t expect was this set of data even stunned Purple Gold Dragon Venerable.

"Spiritual Energy Revival for over three hundred years, and the new Cultivation Realm has already grown to such an extent? This is a change unprecedented in a million years."

Upon hearing this, the two humans and the dragon were all startled.

Then they heard Purple Gold Dragon Venerable say slowly:

"Although I am a demon born after the end of the previous End of Dharma Era, upon achieving Divinity Transformation, I learned that each interval between Immortal Tribulations is at least several thousand... even tens of thousands of years."

"But this time, the new civilization took four hundred years to complete the path that previous civilization took tens of thousands of years, which is truly unbelievable."

"However... this also means the date for the new civilization to face an Immortal Tribulation is greatly shortened."

"According to you, it might be another hundred years, even ten years or less, before the new Cultivation civilization meets the conditions for an Immortal Tribulation."

Su Yuan heard this, and his mouth twitched.

I’m just saying, is it really wise to make an Immortal Tribulation this intelligent?

Couldn’t you just fix a certain time? Like a million years or something, at least give people some time to prepare.

Instead, you’re counting heads, and as soon as the count is enough, you immediately act on it? What is this nonsense?

Are we raising pigs?

But clearly, Su Yuan’s mental complaints are not going to solve any problem.

He took a deep breath and then asked Purple Gold Dragon Venerable:

"Senior Long, you said we should take on the responsibility of saving the world. How exactly should we save it?"

Purple Gold Dragon Venerable sighed and said:

"If you were given more than a thousand years of preparation time, I would be confident to let you two grow and lead the Human Race... at least lead part of the Human Race through the Immortal Tribulation."

"But with less than a hundred years, I’m unsure."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan was a little displeased:

"Senior Long, whether we can or not, we always have to try, right?"

"Our Blue Star Federation walked the path the previous civilization took in four thousand years in just four hundred years. Why can’t Nuoyi and I walk the path others take a thousand years to walk in a hundred years?"

Upon hearing this, Purple Gold Dragon Venerable’s somewhat melancholy expression suddenly showed a trace of a smile:

"That’s right, what I want is this kind of confidence."

Damn it, this Purple Gold Old Deng is acting on me!

Opening one’s mouth like this, isn’t it equivalent to taking on the responsibility of saving the world?

Su Yuan rolled his eyes in his heart.

Purple Gold Dragon Venerable said, "You have already asked three questions, time is of the essence, trial taker, you should quickly inherit my legacy."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan couldn’t help but tense up and hurriedly asked:

"Wait a moment! Purple Gold Old... cough cough, Senior Long, what about the rewards for the fourth stage?"

"Rewards for the stage?"

Purple Gold Dragon Venerable was slightly taken aback, then after a while pointed to Long Bai and asked:

"How about I give you my daughter?"

Clearly, you didn’t prepare rewards for the fourth stage!

Su Yuan was speechless.

Really, all those expectations were in vain.

It’s as if without you sending her, I wouldn’t take your daughter away!

On the side, Chen Nuoyi appeared slightly stunned; after a while, her delicate face suddenly showed a vigilant expression:

"Sending the daughter...what do you mean?"